"No," I answered.

"Go ahead and talk." "Well then, I tell you, as a friend, that 'twould be a good thing for you if you did take that job, or some other one.

Don't make much matter what it is, but you ought to do something.

You're too clever a fellow to be hanging around, shooting and fishing.

You're wasting your life." "That was wasted long ago." "No, it wasn't.